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> [“For centuries censorship has created best sellers because, as Michel de Montaigne said, 'To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it.' (Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-bald/for-centuries-censorship-has-created-best-sellers-because-as-michel/)

Margaret Bald

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## More by Margaret Bald

> [“Forbes did, in fact, break new ground for women...She was an irrepressible and independent traveler who took risky and difficult trips, braved the hostility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-bald/forbes-did-in-fact-break-new-ground-for-women-she-was-an/)

Margaret Bald

> [“Like water leaking slowly through a dike to become a steady trickle or a flood, words and ideas inexorably elude the censor's grasp. (Banned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-bald/like-water-leaking-slowly-through-a-dike-to-become-a-steady-trickle/)

Margaret Bald

> [“For centuries censorship has created best sellers because, as Michel de Montaigne said, 'To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-bald/for-centuries-censorship-has-created-best-sellers-because-as-michel/)

Margaret Bald

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